Charles Patin (23 February 163310 October 1693) was a French physician and

numismatist A numismatist is a specialist, researcher, and/or well-informed collector of numismatics, numismatics/coins ("of coins"; from Late Latin , genitive of ). Numismatists can include collectors, specialist dealers, and scholar-researchers who use coi ...

. He was the son of Guy Patin, dean of the school of medicine in Paris, and a friend of Jacob Spon. Trained first by his father, he obtained a law degree and then chose to study medicine. He became best known for his numismatic work. He married the moralist author Madeleine Hommetz: their daughter Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin became a painter and numismatist, and their daughter Charlotte-Catherine Patin became a writer.

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* 1633 births 1693 deaths 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers 17th-century French physicians French medical writers French numismatists Writers from Paris French male non-fiction writers {{France-med-bio-stub